APRIL 2008 Free French Teaching Conference Calls

Bonjour a tous!

I am introducing this April a unique concept: Free French learning/practice conference calls!

How does it work?

I am scheduling two one-hour Free French teaching session – Basic and Advanced

1) BASIC LEVEL–using BBC French teaching material

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/

We will go through the introduction and the first lesson “short break in Paris”

To register to this conference call follow the steps

- I will send you an email that you need to send to 10 friends that you know may be be interested in learning French and put me in cc.

- I will send you the link to the conference call + phone number, pin and website that includes a meeting chat window

- Before the conference call go through the BBC lesson “short break in Paris”

- Date and time of the conference call:

Friday 11^th of April from 6PM to 7PM GMT time

Conference call dial in (USA): +1 218 936 6581 and input the pin: 0423

To use the web interface as well – chat go to this link when the conference start (you need to register to facebook)

http://apps.facebook.com/freeconference/conf/show/28300

2) advanced level

Sunday 13^th of April from 1pm to 2pm GMT time

We will go through the introduction and discussion around this article about French gastronomy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/news/lifestyle/products_n_ireland.shtml

Conference call dial in (USA): +1 218 936 6581 and input the pin: 0322

To use the web interface as well – chat go to this link when the conference start (you need to register to facebook)

http://apps.facebook.com/freeconference/freeconference/conf/show/28302

TO REGISTER, SEND ME AN EMAIL OR POST A COMMENT WITH YOUR FIRST, LAST NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS.

A bientôt!

Véronique
vpollacs@yahoo.co.uk

MARCH 2008 Tips to improve your French

See below useful resource for you to increase your knowledge

If you are in Manchester:

- the French Alliance (on Oxford Street) organises every other week on Friday French cine-club with some wine and cheese! Check the site www.afmanchester.org

- the French Meetup group animated by Benedicte and Bruno meet-up twice a month in a quiet bar during the week or at another location during the week-end: http://french.meetup.com

If you do not live in France I recommend a couple of websitesRequirement is a computer with sound and Internet IE6 or above. http://www.france2.fr . This site provides you in almost real time the news in video from the French public TV channel!

http://www.tv5.org excellent video news as well a video section to learn about words!
On the radioTwo radios were recently recommended to mehttp://www.freedom.fr/. This is an unusual French radio, as local radio from French Polynesia, Ile de la Reunion!
Worth giving a try!

Happy Easter 2008! Joyeuses Pacques 2008!